Most cognitive assessments can't tell your best leaders apart, this one can. 

The problem

Most cognitive assessments in leadership measure a collection of technical cognitive capabilities: strategic thinking, decisiveness, analytical ability, learning agility.

The problem is that these capabilities, measured in isolation, fail to predict what matters most in senior leadership, the ability to navigate genuine complexity.

What does it actually measure?

The Complete Cognitive Map assesses a leader's ability to take increasingly sophisticated perspectives, moving from the world of concrete ideas through concept awareness, construct awareness, and ultimately to the fluid, context-free thinking of post-conventional cognitive levels. 

The assessment identifies eight levels of cognitive sophistication across four perspective domains. Most leaders operate at level 4 (the ability to take a perspective on a perspective, sometimes called "second-order thinking"). Leaders at levels 5–8 demonstrate progressively more fluid, multi-contextual thinking, the kind that enables genuine strategic creativity, paradox navigation, and transformational leadership. 

The Cognitive Map is closely related to the Complete Maturity Profile, as cognitive complexity and ego maturity develop in parallel, and the two assessments are often used together to provide a complete picture of a leader's developmental edge.